# Index time field boost vs query result score

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-time-field-boost-vs-query-result-score/4559
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [June 6, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-time-field-boost-vs-query-result-score/4559 "2011-06-06T14:51:09Z")
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### Author: ![Yannick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yannick/32/3218_2.png) [@Yannick](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yannick)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-time-field-boost-vs-query-result-score/4559/1 "2011-06-06T14:51:09Z")

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I was doing some tests with setting a field boost  
{  
"book":{  
"properties":{  
"content":{  
"type":"string",  
"boost":"3.0"  
}  
}  
}

But noticed that the search result scores are lower with the boost applied than without the boost. I would expect the boosting factor to higher the overall score or is it unrelated.

Thanks,  
Yannick

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-time-field-boost-vs-query-result-score/4559/2 "2017-07-06T04:04:29Z")

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